PC Gamer published A selection of important games and events that influenced the history of the industry. The list covers the period from 1993 to 2023 and is divided into three decades.
The first section includes games such as Doom, Quake, Fallout, Age of Empires 2, Deus Ex, Call of Duty. The authors also talked about the release of the Windows XP operating system and the launch of Steam, the digital distribution platform for games.
The second period is characterized by the appearance of Half-Life 2, World of Warcraft, Minecraft, Plants vs Zombies, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Journalists point out the contribution of VR technologies offered by Oculus and the emergence of the early access function on Steam.
The third part of the selection includes The Witcher 3, PUBG, Disco Elysium, Valheim, Baldur’s Gate 3, Cyberpunk 2077. Additionally, other developments of the company were released during this period, including the Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 graphics card with ray tracing support, the portable Steam Deck console and Steam Link, Steam Controller game controllers and Steam Machines. Journalists also included the coronavirus epidemic, which affected the development of the gaming industry, in their articles.
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